Spirituality

Spirituality does not come from religion. It comes from our soul.

‘Spirituality’ is not something owned by any one Church or religion. It is how we journey through life in relation to those things which are of ultimate importance to ourselves. These might be a personal sense of integrity, a code of ethics, a deep personal commitment to the other human and sentient life around us.

For Christians it can be all of these things but each one finds their meaning and purpose in God. For the Christian, the spiritual journey is one of relating to this God, who is the ultimate cause and meaning behind everything that is.

In this section we provide forms of prayer and guidance. Each is a recommendation. Try them and see how they help you on your journey with God. Remember, though, often the best guidance and help can be found in being with those also on the journey in your local Church community and its ministers.
We hope you will grow in your spirituality and prayer life, to ways in which we may begin to deepen the sense of God in our lives and our experience of prayer.

Age-old advice underlines the importance of “praying as we can, not as we can’t”. One of the ways in which we may do this is to develop the awareness of our prayer being tied up with our daily life. “Life is to be a prayerful work and a working prayer” (Elias Chacour).

But prayer also includes the deliberate ‘turning aside’, corporately and personally, to give time to God. We practice giving attention to God so that life can be kept ‘God centered’.

“Since the 1960s increasing numbers of people have turned to spirituality rather than religion as a source of solace and to find sanctuary from the busy consumer world. People are eager to express their spirituality and to promote spirituality in society. What people mean when they use the word ‘spirituality’ varies enormously. When somebody says that they are spiritual this could mean they enjoy meditation or that they like to go for solitary walks. Or it could mean that they appreciate great art or that they love music. Above all, it usually means that they believe in the infinite value of human love.”

Christopher Jamison OSB, Finding Sanctuary

Pray As You Go

Pray as you go is a daily prayer session, designed to go with you wherever you go, to help you pray whenever you find time, but particularly whilst travelling to and from work, study, etc. Click here to visit the website to get a new prayer session every day of the working week and one session for the weekend.

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